After reading and watching these videos, I feel even more now, that technology can only benefit a student's learning. I know that using all these different tools and research can only help us to progress in our life and help us build our knowledge of the past, future and present.
However, as a PE teacher, I feel that helping my students to stay active and participate in physical activity daily is more important to me than teaching them how to use technology. I dont think that I will be using a lot of technology based lessons in my class. I want to be able to teach my students how to live a healthy life by having them do things, demonstrate their learning by doing physical activity. I know that there are many tools on the internet that can help my students learn about healthy lifestyles like the Food Pyramid and other resources and I plan on using that type of technology in my classroom. But as far as everyday use of technology in my class I dont see that as beneficial when I am wanting them to realize the importance of having physical activity be a part of their everyday life.
I think that having an opportunity to use technology in a PE classroom can benefit my students. There are many uses of technology in sports and just an overall healthy lifestyle and I hope that as their future teacher I will be able to learn more about how to incorporate these technologies into my classroom so that I can effectively teach and engage all of my students. I know that technology is what the students know and enjoy using and if I can teach using technology while having them be physically active, I feel like I will be able to teach to all of my students effectively and they will enjoy exercising. That is my goal as a PE teacher, to have my students enjoy exercising and see the benefits of it.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Lessons Learned
I found that these articles were very interesting. I grew up with technology in my home and have seen it progress throughout the years. I knew what it was like not having a cell phone and having dial-up internet. Technology these days is right there at the tip of your fingers. Our students today are engrossed in it everyday, and as teachers we need to accept it and learn how to help our students use these tools for their benefit.
I learned that are several ways to incorporate technology into lessons. As teachers we need to be willing to research new ways and ideas of using technology in our classroom because that is what are students know. They know how to use technology and I think that if teachers know how to use technology in their classroom they can teach to the students and they will be able to effectively engage all their students.
From reading and watching these videos I learned that incorporating the use of technology into classrooms can not only benefit and enhance the learning of our students but it can benefit the future of our students with them knowing how to use different programs and applications and research tools. If we are going to teach the students about technology it is only going to help them out in their future because techonology is only going to continue to progress. If these students are learning how to use technology in their everyday lives it will benefit them in their future careers and it could help in developing a better community and economy especially if they are learning to communicate and cooperate well with others.
I learned that are several ways to incorporate technology into lessons. As teachers we need to be willing to research new ways and ideas of using technology in our classroom because that is what are students know. They know how to use technology and I think that if teachers know how to use technology in their classroom they can teach to the students and they will be able to effectively engage all their students.
From reading and watching these videos I learned that incorporating the use of technology into classrooms can not only benefit and enhance the learning of our students but it can benefit the future of our students with them knowing how to use different programs and applications and research tools. If we are going to teach the students about technology it is only going to help them out in their future because techonology is only going to continue to progress. If these students are learning how to use technology in their everyday lives it will benefit them in their future careers and it could help in developing a better community and economy especially if they are learning to communicate and cooperate well with others.
Strenghts and Weaknesses
Some of my strengths and weaknesses that I think I have when it comes to technology is that I know the basics and I understand how to use them in my everyday life and also in a classroom. I was mostly scored as an aprentice because I am aware of the technology, the uses of it and I understand the need and importance of incorporating it not only in my personal life but also professional life and school life.
Some goals that I would like to accomplish as a future teacher teaching PE is learning how and what kind of tools that are out there that can help me teach cues of sports and the aspects of a balanced healthy lifestyle to my students. I know that one of my weaknesses is using Microsoft Excel so a tutorial on that will help me in keeping my records of students grades and progess organized so that I can be a more effective teacher. Another goal that I would like to accomplish as a teacher is finding websites that I can provide to my students that are safe. If I am going to be giving them assignments that involve them using the internet I will want them to know the dangers of the internet and what to avoid and how to find current and factual information. A tutorial I found that could help me with that is Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze Your Topic & Search With Peripheral Vision from UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops. Using this tutorial and the information from it can help to find and search for website that have safe and useful information for my students to use.
Some goals that I would like to accomplish as a future teacher teaching PE is learning how and what kind of tools that are out there that can help me teach cues of sports and the aspects of a balanced healthy lifestyle to my students. I know that one of my weaknesses is using Microsoft Excel so a tutorial on that will help me in keeping my records of students grades and progess organized so that I can be a more effective teacher. Another goal that I would like to accomplish as a teacher is finding websites that I can provide to my students that are safe. If I am going to be giving them assignments that involve them using the internet I will want them to know the dangers of the internet and what to avoid and how to find current and factual information. A tutorial I found that could help me with that is Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze Your Topic & Search With Peripheral Vision from UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops. Using this tutorial and the information from it can help to find and search for website that have safe and useful information for my students to use.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Powerpoint Blog
What? We are learning about powerpoint activities and presentations. We are learning how to create powerpoint activities and how to be able to teach that to our students so that they will know how to do that themselves.
So What?As a teacher I don't think that I will be spending all this time creating this activity because I want my students to learn to be active and learn sports by doing. As a student right now it is an assignment that is really overwhelming to me right now. I have a hard time with thinking how this can apply to me as a PE teacher. I'm not really sure why we are doing this, maybe so that we can broaden our knowledge about technology so that we can teach it to our students. This information may be a little hard to apply to me today as a student and as a future PE teacher. I think that it is useful to know just for kicks but I have a hard time thinking I will use this in my classroom. I think it is cool that there are all these types of resources and ways to create projects and ideas and putting them all together but I also think it takes a lot of my time which I don't have a whole lot of right now. To my colleagues it is a way to collaborate with each other.
Now What?
I don't really think this means much to me right now. I am having a hard time with this class in trying to figure out ways to incorporate this into a physical education class. Videos and visual aids can be helpful to some students but I think real learning can take place when they actually participate and demonstrate the actions themselves. We are doing this so we can learn how to bring technology into the classroom and broaden our resources. I think this can only help me by trying to figure out ways to teach differently and mix things up in my lesson plans but I don't think sitting at a computer is beneficial in teaching physical education. Technology is important and ever growing and it is important as teachers to be involved and to expand their ideas and a good way to do that is through technology and through other colleagues.
I don't really think this means much to me right now. I am having a hard time with this class in trying to figure out ways to incorporate this into a physical education class. Videos and visual aids can be helpful to some students but I think real learning can take place when they actually participate and demonstrate the actions themselves. We are doing this so we can learn how to bring technology into the classroom and broaden our resources. I think this can only help me by trying to figure out ways to teach differently and mix things up in my lesson plans but I don't think sitting at a computer is beneficial in teaching physical education. Technology is important and ever growing and it is important as teachers to be involved and to expand their ideas and a good way to do that is through technology and through other colleagues.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Digital Cameras and Picasa
What? This week we learned about Picasa and how to manipulate images using this program. We also used these images and put them into a power point presentation and then we put these two things onto our classroom website.
So What?To me as a student right now it doesn't really mean much to me except a grade and it was time consuming. The scavenger hunt was fun, and manipulating the pictures was fun and I think in the future I would use this program, but putting these onto a website was hard for me. I understand that it could be helpful in the future in helping me to know how to import and link it to other websites. We are doing this to help us to get a feel for technology and learning how to be able to share ideas with other people and collaborate with others. In my other classes it probably wont help me at all. Most of my classes don't deal with the technology but deal with physical activity. This technology is good to know but I don't think I will ever use it as much as I did in this class and I thought that it was a pain to link it to other websites. To my colleagues it is beneficial to know so that we can collaborate together and share ideas.
So What?To me as a student right now it doesn't really mean much to me except a grade and it was time consuming. The scavenger hunt was fun, and manipulating the pictures was fun and I think in the future I would use this program, but putting these onto a website was hard for me. I understand that it could be helpful in the future in helping me to know how to import and link it to other websites. We are doing this to help us to get a feel for technology and learning how to be able to share ideas with other people and collaborate with others. In my other classes it probably wont help me at all. Most of my classes don't deal with the technology but deal with physical activity. This technology is good to know but I don't think I will ever use it as much as I did in this class and I thought that it was a pain to link it to other websites. To my colleagues it is beneficial to know so that we can collaborate together and share ideas.
Now What? To my future students I think it will be a lot of work. I don't know if I would ever assign this much computer work to my PE class.? This helped me with my current schema just by showing me that they are tons of resources and good free programs out there that can enhance my lessons. I don't think this will change the type of teacher I will be in the future because I will be focusing more on making sure my students are being active and participating in exercise activities. I still am trying to figure out how I would assign projects that use these types of programs so that learn how to better use technology while learning how to be active and learning the basic concepts and cues of sports. This knowledge of programs may help in enhancing my lesson but a lot of my lessons are going to be direct instruction and the students wont be sitting down and watching power points. This information may help me be a better colleague because it will help me to find ways to keep in touch with other teachers and it will help me to try and find different ways to better teach my students and searching for advice from my fellow teachers. This may change the type of collaboration by us trying to help each other find other programs and ideas for our class and we could be able to share our ideas with each other without having to meet together and we can communicate through pictures and email and other forms of communication.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Internet Safety
What? We are learning about internet safety and how to make sure we are getting reliable information. We are reading about internet safety and how to find information that is correct, useful and accurate. We are also looking at websites and reading articles that can help us know what to look for when we are researching and looking up information on the internet.
So What?Knowing all this information will help me to make sure that my students are finding correct and accurate information on the internet. It will also help me know whether are not my students are giving credit to those that need it when they are using their information. We are doing this to further our knowledge on internet safety and how to protect our future students. It can help me to be able to pick out correct information on the internet and it will help me to obey the rules and laws of the internet. This technology is important to me because it is important to know what to keep protected and how to stay safe while finding good information. This should help me and my colleagues by both of us collaborating together to know whether or not our students are doing what they are supposed to while finding information on the internet and allowing us to keep ourselves and our students safe.
So What?Knowing all this information will help me to make sure that my students are finding correct and accurate information on the internet. It will also help me know whether are not my students are giving credit to those that need it when they are using their information. We are doing this to further our knowledge on internet safety and how to protect our future students. It can help me to be able to pick out correct information on the internet and it will help me to obey the rules and laws of the internet. This technology is important to me because it is important to know what to keep protected and how to stay safe while finding good information. This should help me and my colleagues by both of us collaborating together to know whether or not our students are doing what they are supposed to while finding information on the internet and allowing us to keep ourselves and our students safe.
Now What? For my future students it will be important for them to know the ethics of the internet especially as they grow older and are having to do more research. As technology continues to grow they will need to know how to keep themselves protected. It won't really change much, I know that if I do give my students an assignment where they have to use the internet, I will need to make sure they know the rules of plagarism and that they make sure they know what to look for concerning correct information and how they can keep their information safe. It wont change my type of teaching but it will make me more aware of what is going on and what to look for when I may give an assignment where they have to use the internet. Research projects on health and fitness is a good assignment that I may be able to use in my future classroom. This will help me as a teacher become more aware of the internet rules and laws and making sure my students are safe.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Service Learning Project
Service Learning Project
Lincoln Academy is a Charter school in Pleasant Grove, Utah. We have been working with Mrs. Larsen in her health class. The class is fairly small compared to other classes. The number of students is 24, making it convenient for teaching purposes. The class is not too big, nor too small.
Mrs. Larsen has been an excellent teacher to work with. She has been helpful at providing ideas of what she would like for the classroom. We all get along well and have never felt uncomfortable to ask her questions and get feedback on the digital story that we are working on. Our digital story was an introduction to her unit on drug use and abuse. Mrs. Larsen loves our video. She likes that we were able to show pictures of what a particular drug looks like and then what it does to a person. She was glad that we created the video for her classroom use. Mrs. Larsen was impressed with our work and thought it was very well done. She expressed that it was a great piece of material for her classroom.
The lesson that we completed fit perfectly with what she was looking for. It was a great introduction to her unit. I think that she enjoyed that she was involved in the process of creating the video. It enabled her to tailor the video to her needs and what she wanted. Mrs. Larsen was able to gain new ideas for making learning exciting and received new materials that will capture her students’ attention.
The training session did not go so well. She was not very interested in learning how to create such media herself. She was able to see how media can be incorporated to enhance learning but felt like it was too much time and effort. She appreciated the media and was interested in having media in the future but felt that it was not worth the extra time and effort. We showed her some very simple ideas such as Photo Story, for quickly creating digital media for the classroom. She was impressed with how simple it was but I don’t know that she will use it in the future. Not because she doesn’t see the value, but because she feels the short amount of time is not worth it.
We felt that this experience was a little time consuming and it was hard to be able to get together with each other to collaborate and put the digital story together. We liked the having Mrs. Larsen give us feedback on ideas that we have had on the project. We enjoyed working with her and how observing how she may incorporate these technology-based lessons into her health class.
From this experience we were able to see other ways of teaching a lesson through technology. Although we are both unsure of how we are going to use this information that we are learning in class in our future lessons, working with Mrs. Larsen has helped us with trying to see how technology can be used in the lesson, and with being creative in lesson planning and bringing different teaching styles into the classroom even though she wasn’t really interested in it herself.
We both had mixed feelings about this project. Me as a PE teacher, I don’t find this information useful for my future lessons because we will be participating in physical activity pretty much every day. Taylor thought that this project would be beneficial to her for her future lessons. We did like working with another teacher to see how it could be used in an actual classroom setting, but we both are still a little unsure as to how often we will use technology lessons, like these digital stories in our classrooms.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
copyright
What? We are learning about making digital stories, and storyboarding. We are learning about ways to use technology, videos, pictures, music, to tell a story, and to teach a lesson. We are also learning about copyright laws and the importance of them.
So What?Digital stories don't really mean much to me as a teacher right now. I think that this takes a lot of time that I can be using to teach my students other things and keeping them active. We are doing this because we feel like we need to incorporate technology into everything these days. But as a pe teacher I am teaching my students the benefits of physical exercise and staying active. I think that knowing the copyright laws is extremely important but I don't have a clue as to why I am going to be using this in my PE class. Copyright is a big issue and means a lot to me as a student right now. It helps me to understand what is free to use and what is not. This technology means a little to me. I love that I am able to look up so much information on the web so that I know my rights and the rights and protection of others. To my colleagues it means that we are all being treated or hopefully treated equally when publishing our works and ideas on the web.
So What?Digital stories don't really mean much to me as a teacher right now. I think that this takes a lot of time that I can be using to teach my students other things and keeping them active. We are doing this because we feel like we need to incorporate technology into everything these days. But as a pe teacher I am teaching my students the benefits of physical exercise and staying active. I think that knowing the copyright laws is extremely important but I don't have a clue as to why I am going to be using this in my PE class. Copyright is a big issue and means a lot to me as a student right now. It helps me to understand what is free to use and what is not. This technology means a little to me. I love that I am able to look up so much information on the web so that I know my rights and the rights and protection of others. To my colleagues it means that we are all being treated or hopefully treated equally when publishing our works and ideas on the web.
Now What? This means quite a bit for my future students so they know what they can and cant to and what is accepted. It doesn't really change my schema right now because I probably won't be using any of this in my future classes. It will make me more aware of rights and laws when it comes to internet use and research. I can give them a research paper assignment but thats really not what pe is really about to me. I hope to keep my students physically active and have them enjoy having a fit life. Having them know the importance and basic concepts of pe will be important but I dont see them creating anything more than a paper. This will only make me more aware of cheating and the copyright laws. This will make me a better colleague by making sure that my colleagues and I are following the right laws and that we are being fair to those that may have created lessons or that we give credit where the credit is due.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Vidcast Reflection
Vidcast Reflection Dr. ABC for CPR
This vidcast addresses the core curriculum and standard number 4 which states that students will demonstrate the ability to apply prevention and intervention knowledge, skills, and processes to promote safety in the home, school, and community. The objective that we covered in this vidcast was for students to recognize emergencies and respond appropriately and they will be able to demonstrate proficiency in basic first-aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).We chose this topic for our vidcast because we felt that every student should know the basic steps for CPR. You never know when there will be an emergency and it is always beneficial to know what to do when an emergency arises. This information is extremely beneficial for the students to have and to keep in their minds, because this could save someones’ life.This podcast connects to the NETS standard number 1 by giving the students information needed in real world issues that may come up in their life. With podcasts and vidcasts students can create projects that relate to the real world and can further their knowledge. Knowing CPR can provide personal growth and responsibility for a student, and knowing these important steps can help a student realize how important these steps are because it can save a person’s life.Some drawbacks to using this series in my future classroom is time. It takes a lot of planning to and sometimes a lot of creativity to put together a podcast or vidcast. For PE I dont ever see myself using these tools in my everyday classroom. I plan on having the students participating physically everyday. I would have to make sure my information is current and it could take time to redo so that it does stay current. I think one of the main drawbacks of this series is time.I cant say that I have any future plans for this series. I know that I may need to broaden my horizon on lessons and using different teaching styles to teach my lessons, but I dont think that I will be using any of these tools in the future. I think that I may use this only if weather doesn’t allow us to go outside and we can’t use any other facilities.
This vidcast addresses the core curriculum and standard number 4 which states that students will demonstrate the ability to apply prevention and intervention knowledge, skills, and processes to promote safety in the home, school, and community. The objective that we covered in this vidcast was for students to recognize emergencies and respond appropriately and they will be able to demonstrate proficiency in basic first-aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).We chose this topic for our vidcast because we felt that every student should know the basic steps for CPR. You never know when there will be an emergency and it is always beneficial to know what to do when an emergency arises. This information is extremely beneficial for the students to have and to keep in their minds, because this could save someones’ life.This podcast connects to the NETS standard number 1 by giving the students information needed in real world issues that may come up in their life. With podcasts and vidcasts students can create projects that relate to the real world and can further their knowledge. Knowing CPR can provide personal growth and responsibility for a student, and knowing these important steps can help a student realize how important these steps are because it can save a person’s life.Some drawbacks to using this series in my future classroom is time. It takes a lot of planning to and sometimes a lot of creativity to put together a podcast or vidcast. For PE I dont ever see myself using these tools in my everyday classroom. I plan on having the students participating physically everyday. I would have to make sure my information is current and it could take time to redo so that it does stay current. I think one of the main drawbacks of this series is time.I cant say that I have any future plans for this series. I know that I may need to broaden my horizon on lessons and using different teaching styles to teach my lessons, but I dont think that I will be using any of these tools in the future. I think that I may use this only if weather doesn’t allow us to go outside and we can’t use any other facilities.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Vidcast Blog
What? We are learning about Vidcasts right now and we are learning how to create them using different tools and resources. We have learned different options to what we can use vidcasts for.
So What?I dont really think this means much to me right now. I am having a hard time with this class in trying to figure out ways to incorporate this into a physical education class. Videos and visual aids can be helpful to some students but I think real learning can take place when they actually participate and demonstrate the actions themselves. We are doing this so we can learn how to bring technology into the classroom and broaden our resources. I think this can only help me by trying to figure out ways to teach differently and mix things up in my lesson plans but I dont think sitting at a computer is beneficial in teaching physical education. Technology is important and ever growing and it is important as teachers to be involved and to expand their ideas and a good way to do that is through technology and through other colleagues.
So What?I dont really think this means much to me right now. I am having a hard time with this class in trying to figure out ways to incorporate this into a physical education class. Videos and visual aids can be helpful to some students but I think real learning can take place when they actually participate and demonstrate the actions themselves. We are doing this so we can learn how to bring technology into the classroom and broaden our resources. I think this can only help me by trying to figure out ways to teach differently and mix things up in my lesson plans but I dont think sitting at a computer is beneficial in teaching physical education. Technology is important and ever growing and it is important as teachers to be involved and to expand their ideas and a good way to do that is through technology and through other colleagues.
Now What? For my future students is may be beneficial in the real world when trying to find resources for homework or just finding information for themselves. This new information definitely builds my knowledge of research and using resources like the internet to help me become a better teacher.I dont know if this will change the type of teacher I will be. I think that it will help me stay organized which can benefit my students. I could give my students a research project on physical activity and they can collaborate using google, so they can accomplish this assignment as a group. This may benefit me and help me become a future teacher by widening the views of my students with the use of technology. Technology is growing and will only do so more as time goes on. Being able to collaborate with my fellow coworkers will definitely help reach and teach better lessons to my students.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Week 5 Reflection Podcasts
What? We just learned UEN and I thought that this website is helpful and has a lot of resources for teachers as well as for students. We have also learned about podcasts. I dont see how I am going to be able to use podcasts in my PE class. Maybe I need a little insight on that, but this just doesn't apply to me. I am willing to learn but some of these tools dont really seem like they can benefit my students in a PE class.
So What?As a teacher, it allows me to find more resources for myself. I think that these resources that we have been learning about in class can benefit me as a teacher and can help me widen my collection of lesson plan ideas but I dont know how or why I would make my PE students use these resources.We are learning about podcasts and websites because it helps teachers stay organized and updated in teaching styles and news going on in the teaching world. This could apply to me in my classes right now by learning how to use my resources to help me broaden my lesson plan ideas and find examples of rubrics and other tools I can use when I teach. This technology is kinda fun to learn just for my enjoyment. I dont think that if I didn't take this class I would have never been introduced to podcasts, blogs, or even building a website. This technology allows me and my colleauges to stay connected and collaborate between each other so that we can give each other ideas and maybe interact with each other to talk about students or happenings around the school.
So What?As a teacher, it allows me to find more resources for myself. I think that these resources that we have been learning about in class can benefit me as a teacher and can help me widen my collection of lesson plan ideas but I dont know how or why I would make my PE students use these resources.We are learning about podcasts and websites because it helps teachers stay organized and updated in teaching styles and news going on in the teaching world. This could apply to me in my classes right now by learning how to use my resources to help me broaden my lesson plan ideas and find examples of rubrics and other tools I can use when I teach. This technology is kinda fun to learn just for my enjoyment. I dont think that if I didn't take this class I would have never been introduced to podcasts, blogs, or even building a website. This technology allows me and my colleauges to stay connected and collaborate between each other so that we can give each other ideas and maybe interact with each other to talk about students or happenings around the school.
Now What? For my future students is may be beneficial in the real world when trying to find resources for homework or just finding information for themselves. This new information definitely builds my knowledge of research and using resources like the internet to help me become a better teacher.I dont know if this will change the type of teacher I will be. I think that it will help me stay organized which can benefit my students. I could give my students a research project on physical activity and they can collaborate using google, so they can accomplish this assignment as a group. This may benefit me and help me become a future teacher by widening the views of my students with the use of technology. Technology is growing and will only do so more as time goes on. Being able to collaborate with my fellow coworkers will definitely help reach and teach better lessons to my students.
Weekly Reflection #1
What:? I am learning how to create a website, how to stay connected with my fellow collegues without having to meet face to face so we can collaborate with each other to better connect with our students. We are also learning that the internet is a great source of keeping myself organized and learning how to use my resources.
So What? All of the things that I am learning so far like using the internet and google documents will help me to stay organized, connect with my fellow classmates and maybe future coworkers. At first I didnt really think that I would use all of this for my PE class, but as I am learning more I can see some benefits of it and how it may be useful to me in the future.
Technology is amazing and to be able to research and find as much information that I can will be very useful to me as a teacher so that I can find ideas on lesson plans and how I can grade fairly using rubrics and other assessments to help my students retain their knowledge and expand their knowledge.
Now What? What does this mean to my studetnts? I find that this will be very useful to my future students. Technology is only going to progess more and more as time goes on. If I use these tools in my classroom I will be able to connect with my students to help them better understand the content that I am teaching them. I think that being able to have my own website may allow my students to do research projects and they will want to learn more about how to live a healthy lifestyle.
Students will be able to stay on top of assignments to make sure they are doing all they can to become a better student, not only in my class but in their other classes and in the future. Knowing how to incorporate technology will help me be more knowledgable about my content area, be organized which is very important and stay connected with other PE teachers to help me develop as a teacher.
So What? All of the things that I am learning so far like using the internet and google documents will help me to stay organized, connect with my fellow classmates and maybe future coworkers. At first I didnt really think that I would use all of this for my PE class, but as I am learning more I can see some benefits of it and how it may be useful to me in the future.
Technology is amazing and to be able to research and find as much information that I can will be very useful to me as a teacher so that I can find ideas on lesson plans and how I can grade fairly using rubrics and other assessments to help my students retain their knowledge and expand their knowledge.
Now What? What does this mean to my studetnts? I find that this will be very useful to my future students. Technology is only going to progess more and more as time goes on. If I use these tools in my classroom I will be able to connect with my students to help them better understand the content that I am teaching them. I think that being able to have my own website may allow my students to do research projects and they will want to learn more about how to live a healthy lifestyle.
Students will be able to stay on top of assignments to make sure they are doing all they can to become a better student, not only in my class but in their other classes and in the future. Knowing how to incorporate technology will help me be more knowledgable about my content area, be organized which is very important and stay connected with other PE teachers to help me develop as a teacher.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
UEN Reflection
How/why will you use UEN in your future classroom?
Pioneer Library
Interactives
Lesson Plans
Core Curriculum
Other things that you found interesting
I am still trying to find ways to incorporate technology into a Physical Education class. I know that there are probably some lessons out there that can provide students with the opportunity to research health and fitness subjects, but I think that the main focus of a PE class is to be able to participate in the actual activity without having to write or create any kind of written work.
I personally will probably use UEN in my future because it provides many types of resources to better teach my students. It has a lot of ideas for lesson plans and ways to incorporate other content areas to help broaden the knowledge of my students.
The core curriculum page is an awesome tool that I know I will be using in my future classroom because it helps my plan my lessons and it guides me to make sure that I am teaching my students what needs to be taught while allowing me to see what the main fitness focus is for the general population of school children.
The interactive sites were a fun tool to look at and it had a lot of good wholesome activities for students to play. But as a PE teacher I would rather my students be able to go outside and be involved in physical activities. But as an alternate to fun and enjoyment, these interactive sites are very useful because they not only are fun but the also help build knowledge and understanding of different content areas.
Pioneer Library
Interactives
Lesson Plans
Core Curriculum
Other things that you found interesting
I am still trying to find ways to incorporate technology into a Physical Education class. I know that there are probably some lessons out there that can provide students with the opportunity to research health and fitness subjects, but I think that the main focus of a PE class is to be able to participate in the actual activity without having to write or create any kind of written work.
I personally will probably use UEN in my future because it provides many types of resources to better teach my students. It has a lot of ideas for lesson plans and ways to incorporate other content areas to help broaden the knowledge of my students.
The core curriculum page is an awesome tool that I know I will be using in my future classroom because it helps my plan my lessons and it guides me to make sure that I am teaching my students what needs to be taught while allowing me to see what the main fitness focus is for the general population of school children.
The interactive sites were a fun tool to look at and it had a lot of good wholesome activities for students to play. But as a PE teacher I would rather my students be able to go outside and be involved in physical activities. But as an alternate to fun and enjoyment, these interactive sites are very useful because they not only are fun but the also help build knowledge and understanding of different content areas.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
My Ideal Classroom
I am going to teach PE, so my ideal classroom would be a gymnasium as well as having access to an outside track and football field, tennis courts and basketball courts. Having access to these playing fields will allow me to teach a full spectrum of sports. Along with having a nice indoor and outdoor playing fields I would want equipment for every sport imaginable. Also mostly ideally I would be able to provide equipment for every student in the class, so each person can participate.
As well as being fully equipped for each sport, my ideal classroom would be full of students who love sports and are willing to learn about how to live a healthy lifestyle through exercise. My students will have the utmost respect for not only me but the other students and other teachers in the school. I would want my students to be disciplined in all their actions. I know that I am a soft-spoken person so I want my students to listen well and follow my instructions.
I would also want parents to be willing to help me and volunteer their time to help in the class every few days a week. Parents would also join their children in being active outside of the class by participating in physical activity.
There are many different teaching styles to use but the one I think I would use the most is demonstration, not only from me but from the other students in the class. Demonstrating different skills and following along can help the student to grasp the concept better.
There are so many content areas to teach. I will for sure teach about how to live a healthy lifestyle and how to have a healthy diet and how the incorporates into having a healthy life. I will want to also teach as many team sports as possible and some individual sports. By doing this I hope to be able to increase the self confidence of each student and help inspire them to follow their dreams.
Goals that I will try and embrace while teaching is for the students to have fun. Physical activity should be fun because having a healthy body and lifestyle will allow each person to be able to accomplish more things and it will give them confidence and control of their own self.
As well as being fully equipped for each sport, my ideal classroom would be full of students who love sports and are willing to learn about how to live a healthy lifestyle through exercise. My students will have the utmost respect for not only me but the other students and other teachers in the school. I would want my students to be disciplined in all their actions. I know that I am a soft-spoken person so I want my students to listen well and follow my instructions.
I would also want parents to be willing to help me and volunteer their time to help in the class every few days a week. Parents would also join their children in being active outside of the class by participating in physical activity.
There are many different teaching styles to use but the one I think I would use the most is demonstration, not only from me but from the other students in the class. Demonstrating different skills and following along can help the student to grasp the concept better.
There are so many content areas to teach. I will for sure teach about how to live a healthy lifestyle and how to have a healthy diet and how the incorporates into having a healthy life. I will want to also teach as many team sports as possible and some individual sports. By doing this I hope to be able to increase the self confidence of each student and help inspire them to follow their dreams.
Goals that I will try and embrace while teaching is for the students to have fun. Physical activity should be fun because having a healthy body and lifestyle will allow each person to be able to accomplish more things and it will give them confidence and control of their own self.
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